The Orion's Arm Universe in Celestia Page II

To explore the universe of Orion's Arm first download the free programs and addons on this page Orion's Arm Addons Page 1.Now we have the basic package, we can add some of the Megastructures, and some high-res textures for colony worlds made by John M. Dollan and other contributors.

Clickable Location Links

The easiest way to explore the Orion's Arm Celestia Addons is to click on a preset Cel:URL link, which will take you to a preset destination within Celestia. Note that Celestia Cel:URLs will not work properly until you have downloaded both Celestia and the appropriate addons.

Tip: you can have several different versions of Celestia on your system if you like, each with different sets of addons. If you have more than one version of Celestia these links may open the wrong version. So to ensure the links work correctly open the correct version of Celestia first. If you have only one version of Celestia. opening it first will help speed it up in any case.

Addon package 4

To download addon package Four, click here. OAAddon4.zip Extract this file into the folder named 'extras' within Celestia; it will place the addons within the folder named 'oaddons' within the 'extras' folder. All Orions Arm Celestia addons will go into this new folder and the subfolders within it.Don't forget to close Celestia down and re-open it before clicking on the links below.

Also in this package is the addon for the Enigma-Four system. Note that it is recommended that you also install this non-OA addon when viewing this location. Far from the Inner Sphere lies a mysterious planet covered in processing structures of unknown purpose, and this science station in orbitCel:URL The Beamrider Station in the Enigma system orbits a large gas giant; this station sends beams of smart particles across space to accelerate or decelerate beamrider craftCel:URL --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Addon package 5

To download addon package Five, click here. OAAddon5.zip Don't forget to close Celestia down and re-open it before clicking on the links below.

Addon package 6

A very early colony at 61 Virginis (Eostremonath) failed, but the second colony thrives. Here is the terraformed Eostremonath and its two moonsCel:URL Mesenti is a gas giant in the 61 Virginis system Cel:URL

Arcadia was terraformed very early in the colonial era, with unusual results- the climate alternates between temperate and cold on a regular basis Cel:URL Other worlds in this system include DaphnisSmilaxDiana and Pan

Perhaps confusingly, the fourth world of Pi3 Orionis is also called Daedalus; an early example of many similar homonymous worlds throughout the Terragen Sphere. Note that this planet was not loaded correctly in the original file. Please unzip this addon Daedalus into your 'extras' file, and it will replace some of the files on your folder named 'oaaddons' and fix the problem.

The Xiyoshi dyson spheres surround four of the five stars of XI Scorpii. Here is Kiyoshi A shell, the largest component of the Pentad. The outermost shell of statite reflectors can be seen above the outermost living environment. Cel:URL

This is a Halo Drive ship, which uses transapient technology to travel very close to the speed of light without propellantCel:URL --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Addon package 14

To download addon package Fourteen, click here. OAAddon14.zip Don't forget to close Celestia down and re-open it before clicking on the links below.

More locations and corrections

During testing a number of errors and missing files were found; download this zip file OAAddon15.zip into your 'extras' folder to repair them. This will replace some of the files previously downloaded in the folder named 'oaaddons'.

Some more locations which can be visited in the OA Celestia Universe (once all these addons are installed) include Cronus in the Halcyon system with its strange floating seas, Bright in the Halcyon system with its geostationary ring, Cythera a terraformed world, Solaris. a carbon planet surrounded by a ribbonworld habitat; Anomie, a terraformed moon. NewlifeIII, a planet with many experimental ecosystems, the statites surrounding the giant star Sadalmelik ...

and this link will activate labels which will display many of the locations in the Terragen Sphere. Try right-clicking and dragging to rotate the image. Clusters and named OA locations are shown as circles, nebulae by squares.

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Contribute!

If you want to make some worlds or models of your own, or discuss Celestia and the OA Addons, you can join the Yahoo Group here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OA-Celestia/